单词 | overshadowed |
释义 | overshadowedadj. That is overshadowed (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > intercepting or cutting off of light > [adjective] > casting a shadow > overshadowed obumbrate?a1425 adumbered1596 overshadowed1603 shaded1672 overhung1845 beshaded1862 beshadowed- 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 311 An overshadowed and darke picture, enter-shining with an infinite varietie of false lights. 1838 E. S. Wortley Lays of Leisure Hours II. 353 Oh! Beautiful are Festivals on this overshadowed earth. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. ii. 38 The period..was an overshadowed one in British history. 1914 N. Gale Coll. Poems 153 His picking of a loveliness fresh loveliness uncloses—Some overshadowed pansy that my heart had never found. 1997 Guardian (Nexis) 6 May 19 The overshadowed Law struck a vital psychological blow when he hit the first over from Mushtaq Ahmed for 14. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603 |
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